SOC Occupational prestige scores for a sample of fathers and their oldest son and oldest daughter are shown in the table.

Family Father’s Prestige Son’s Prestige Daughter’s Prestige A 80 85 82 B 78 80 77 C 75 70 68 D 70 75 77 E 69 72 60 F 66 60 52 G 64 48 48 H 52 55 57 Analyze the relationship between father’s and son’s prestige and the relationship between father’s and daughter’s prestige. For each relationship:

a. Draw a scattergram and a freehand regression line.

b. Compute the slope

(b) and fi nd the Y intercept (a).

c. State the least-squares regression line. What prestige score would you predict for a son whose father had a prestige score of 72? What prestige score would you predict for a daughter whose father had a prestige score of 72?

d. Compute r and r 2

.

e. Describe the strength and direction of the relationships in a sentence or two. Does the occupational prestige of the father have an impact on his children? Does it have the same impact for daughters as it does for sons?